[malakyte]

Hello everyone,

This is a painting I attempted from the photo just under the painting which is directly below. I don't think it looks that good, maybe it's the photo I'm using, not enough information in the photo or somthing.

anyway, if anyone has any suggestions on how to improve this painting in any way, that would be so appreciated! Thanks

[1500miles]

I think there's something up with the colors. I realize the original photo had those blue windows, but in my opinion, they do something weird to the painting. I think the big red building might look better a little less saturated as well. The painting is good though, I don't think it looks bad.

[Chruser]

Assuming you're painting from the photo, I'm assuming you want the work to be somewhat photographic.

Squint your eyes, and you'll see some value mistakes, especially on the windows to the right. They are far too dark in the painting (governing the light source), and as 1500miles said, there's too much saturation, not only on the big red building but in several places throughoug the picture. The building to the right looks like it's going to fall over, but otherwise, I think you nailed the proportions and structure of the picture well. You just need to do some work on the colors.

I like the blues in the sky, but I get a little bit of a sense that you pushed the blue together with the white misty cloud at the same height as the red building's rooftop. Maybe to avoid having to paint blue around the edge of the red building, and running at a risk of messing up the right line of the building. Hmm, the "line" almost looks more like chromatic aberration in the photo.

Don't take my words for granted though, but I hope they can be of some help.
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